adequacy funding
Coverage of adequacy funding in the Nexus archive.
- Pennsylvania state budget includes $157 million more for Philadelphia’s schools
Pennsylvania's 2026-2027 state budget allocates $11.8 billion for schools, including a $157 million increase for Philadelphia’s district amid declining enrollment. The budget addresses a court-ordered school funding reform with $565 million in adequacy funding, boosts basic and special education funding, and adds stipends for teacher training, though it falls short of the governor’s proposals for early childhood education and a school cellphone ban.
- Pennsylvania state budget includes $157 million more for Philadelphia’s schools
Pennsylvania’s state budget allocates $11.8 billion for schools next year, including a $157 million increase for Philadelphia’s schools. The budget includes $565 million in 'adequacy funding' following a court ruling on unconstitutional school funding, but falls short of Governor Josh Shapiro’s requests for a school cellphone ban and expanded early childhood education funding.